State School Board Votes to Close Wellston
The Missouri State School Board voted today to close the Wellston School District. Wellston students will be Normandy students after...
Opt-in or Opt-out?
Jonathon Braden at the Homeroom blog reports on the lingering controversy about the president’s address to students. This is from...
Single-Sex Charter Schools
Missouri has no single-sex charter schools yet, although a few charters do offer single-sex classrooms. So we haven’t run into...
How Much Say Do They Have?
School board members negotiate how much school district employees earn. They’re the ones who determine salary raises for teachers, and...
Prudence and the Columbia School Board
Thanks to Janese Heavin’s excellent coverage on her Class Notes blog, I’ve been keeping an eye on the drama surrounding...
Bad Bill, Bad Teachers
There are several bills in the General Assembly this session concerning teacher pay. Generally, I find these bills fairly annoying...
A Contract to Reconsider
The St. Louis School Board may reconsider its contract to bash the charter schools: School Board member David Jackson said...
Pop Quiz
The St. Louis School Board has decided to spend more money on: a) New textbooks and computers. b) Hiring better-qualified...
Charter schools and state takeovers; a tale of two cities
Yesterday the state Board of Education voted to take control of the St. Louis Public Schools district. In the process,...
Customers Benefit from Competition
The Columbia Tribune reports on a debate over legislation that would allow parents more freedom to transfer kids between schools:...
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